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Pictou (/ ˈ p ɪ k t oʊ / PIK-toh; Canadian Gaelic: Baile Phiogto [5] Miꞌkmawiꞌsimk: Piktuk [6]) is a town in Pictou County, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.Located on the north shore of Pictou Harbour, the town is approximately 10 km (6 miles) north of the larger town of New Glasgow.
The distance between the town of Pictou on the north shore, and the community of Pictou Landing to the south is about 1 km (0.62 mi). The south side of the harbour opens into the broad mouth of the East River of Pictou which flows inland through the towns of Trenton and New Glasgow.
Pictou County is a county in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.It was established in 1835, and was formerly a part of Halifax County from 1759 to 1835. It had a population of 43,657 people in 2021, a decline of 0.2 percent from 2016.
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The Municipality of Pictou County is a county municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada. It provides local government to about 21,000 rural residents of Pictou County , [ 1 ] but excludes the towns of New Glasgow , Stellarton , Pictou , Westville and Trenton that are administered by their own town councils.
Caribou is a small rural community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [1] it is populated by an estimated 103 people as of 2024.Located on the Northumberland Strait northwest of the town of Pictou, Caribou is named after the Woodland Caribou which used to live in Nova Scotia. [2]
List of communities in Pictou County, Nova Scotia Many have Canadian Gaelic names. Communities are ordered by the highway on which they are located, whose routes start after each terminus near the largest community.
It is an estuary for approximately 12 km (7.5 mi) from Pictou Harbour to New Glasgow and is currently navigable for small pleasure craft for approximately 10 km (6.2 mi). The majority of the watershed is heavily forested. The lower valley, running approximately 20 km (12 mi) from Pictou Harbour experiences the majority of human impact.